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IWH Organizational Performance Metric (IWH-OPM) project

The Institute for Work & Health (IWH) has conducted studies with Ontario workplaces to helpidentify health and safety leading indicators—i.e. organizational and management measures that can be used by workplaces and system partners to improve health and safety performance before injuries and illnesses occur.

The aim of the IWH-OPM project

The IWH-OPM project aimed to develop a simple tool that will predict a firm’s workplace injury experience based on an assessment of its health and safety policies and practices, and that could be used to benchmark organizations with others in their sector.

Can I still take part in this project?

Recruitment is finished for all phases of this project. However, you can still complete the IWH-OPM questionnaire and compare your score to other workplaces in your sector.

Related research

The IWH-OPM project was part of a larger body of research at IWH to identify leading indicators and help organizations benchmark themselves against others in their sector and all sectors.

Starting in 2010, IWH worked closely with Ontario’s HSAs in the Ontario Leading Indicators Project (OLIP), which is evaluating a number of leading indicator surveys—including the OPM. You can also complete the OLIP questionnaire to compare your OHS performance with organizations in your sector.

From 2011 to 2013, the IWH administered and studied the IWH-OPM in New Brunswick, where it was compared to the province’s Internal Responsibility System Questionnaire (IRSQ). In light of its findings, IWH recommended that WorkSafeNB consider using the OPM metric. WorkSafeNB has acted on this recommendation and adopted the IWH-OPM.